The Professional Grappling Federation (PGF) draft is over and we now know the team lineups. For those of you who might have missed it, you can watch the PGF Draft on Brandon Mccaghren’s YouTube channel. Honestly, the draft was a blast. Watching it is worth the time to listen to the coaches’ reasons for picking certain folks and how they might use them in their quintet lineups. Also, the live chat had some comments that were serious gems.
Overall, the main theme from the draft was familiarity. Coaches largely looked to pick folks who were their students or that they knew or personally had seen grapple. Multiple coaches noted it was important to get the right chemistry on their teams since the quintet format would amp up the team dynamic this season.
Given the short period of time coaches will have with their teams (the season is less than one week long), it makes sense a coach would like to have some knowledge of their competitors’ games (strengths, weaknesses, etc.) before heading into the week to reduce their learning curve on how to employ their competitors. Some competitors seemed to drop in the rankings if they hadn’t competed recently or didn’t have a lot of available film. Coaches went with other folks who they had seen compete more recently.
I’ll probably do some more analysis of the draft later, but I wanted to get the team rosters out there for everyone. If you have any thoughts on the draft (e.g. who was the steal of the draft, who was a reach, etc.), feel free to DM my instagram and I might your thoughts to this post (credit will be given).
Without further adieu, here’s the teams:
Team Cantrell – Coach Kemoy Anderson
| Joanie Chamberland | Black belt, 10th Planet Atlanta and Rise Up BJJ. |
| Anthony Molina Valdes | Brown belt, 10th Planet Miami |
| Samson “the Hustler” Phommabout | Brown belt, Sierra MMA (Sandy, UT) |
| Emily “Cyanide” Hauser | Blue belt, Combat Performance (Hendersonville, NC) and Glory Martial Arts and Fitness (Sylva, NC) |
| Noah Randolph | Purple belt, 10th Planet Decatur |
| Juan Martinez V | Brown belt, Childress BJJ (Pueblo, CO) |
| Matthew Boiles | Blue belt, Scramble Jiu Jitsu |
| Charles Muxo | Blue belt, Black tie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Cape Coral, FL) |
Team Supernatural Survival Gear – Coach Caleb McAllister
| Nathan “Irish Taco” Chambers | Purple belt, At-large, Ireland |
| Dane Leak | Black belt, Clinch Martial Arts Academy |
| Mario Gaor | Brown belt, 10th Planet O’Fallon |
| Anna Cononge | Brown belt, 10th Planet Atlanta |
| Tara Larosa | Purple belt, Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu |
| Jacob Mashburn | Blue belt, Renaissance Academy of Martial Arts |
| Jacob Arp | Purple belt, Gracie Jiu Jitsu Savannah (formerly trained at Scramble BJJ) |
| Billy Baxter | Purple belt, Inside Control Academy (St. Petersburg, FL) |
Team Ironclad – Coach Matt Elkins
| Nekiaya Jackson | Brown belt, 10th Planet Decatur |
| David Garcia | Brown belt, 10th Planet Lombard |
| Kaida Davis | Brown belt, Category Five Jiujitsu and Derby City MMA |
| Evan Dewitt | Black belt, Queen City Grappling and Derby City MMA |
| Wesley Carter | Brown belt, Queen City Grappling Club (Middletown, OH) |
| TJ Steinebach | Brown belt, Gemini Fitness and Combat (Englewood, CO) |
| Nick Sahf | Blue belt, Rogue Combat Club (Asheville, NC) and 10th Planet Decatur |
| Alex Hall | Purple belt, Ironclad HQ |
Team Such n Such – Coach Sean Applegate
| Stephen Dana | Purple belt, 10th Planet Atlanta |
| Reese LaFever | Purple belt, One Nation Jiu Jitsu and New Wave Jiu Jitsu (yes, that one) |
| Manning Leverett | BROWN belt, 10th Planet Jacksonville |
| Maximus “Rock Troll” Jolly | Purple belt, 10th Planet Cookeville |
| Brianna Parocha | Blue belt, 10th Planet Jacksonville |
| Sam Acord | Purple belt, 10th Planet Atlanta |
| Claire Mitchell | Purple belt, 10th Planet Huntsville and Florence BJJ |
| Eric Longar | Black belt, 10th Planet Crystal City |
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